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views from Q4! also, i can’t believe it’s been five years at chateau flatiron already. what a ride. #tilnextyear✌🏾

Screaming happy pub day from my snowy Brooklyn rooftop to @rufarofaithh and her wonderful new novel SKATE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT, which is out wherever books are sold todayy!!! ❄️🏆❄️ Feeling incredible lucky that Ari & Drew’s love story at the Winter Olympics is finding such exceptional readers and shoutout to Team SITYMI for getting this novel into the right hands. There’s so much to love about this book but for now I’ll let this carousel of praise (feat. the NYT, ELLE, and so much more) do all the talking✨❄️

🍁 now that it’s officially fall, it’s safe to say i spent the summer mostly offline, bopping around to support friends & really great debuts & books out in the world. 10/10 no regrets! we are living through absolutely terrible times (and 🖕🏿this administration + anyone who supports it) but I’m grateful to surround myself with people dedicated to being storytellers no matter the circumstances. honestly left every launch so inspired—from ya, to translated lit, to poetry—i can’t recommend these books by these wonderful people enough. 📚 (and yes, all of these are signed!) 🥰

more bts from a phenomenal year publishing some incredible books & being in community with talented writers. from cali to ohio—2024, it’s been a wild ride.✨🤭

highlight of my week! celebrating @ruthvikarao & her stunning debut at the @center4fiction gala on Tuesday night. congrats to all the finalists✨💃🏿

💅🏿 2024 season finale: last week MASTER OF ME by the one and only keke palmer went out into the world and is an✨INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER✨ 🪩 once upon a time a young black girl watched a movie that centered a young black girl who persevered in the face of adversity & found solace in words✨huge shoutout to akeelah & the bee for making me feel seen all those years ago. ✨in the words of toni cade bambara, “I do not take lightly that I am on the earth at this time in human history, and am here as a member of a particular soul group and of a particular sex, having this particular adventure…” full of so much gratitude this holiday season where all the stars continue to align & where i can find light and embrace everything that happens in the dark. MASTER OF ME is available wherever books are sold. get one for you & a friend 🔆

another year, another beowulf original to add to the feed 🎀 always a pleasure to attend & celebrate exceptional writers at the NBAs with incredible people✨

🚨🤭 another pub day post!!! happy, happy, happy pub day to @ruthvikarao & her debut novel THE FERTILE EARTH, which is a novel filled with some the most enchanting prose & the most luscious imagery that I’ve read in a long time. there’s so much to say about the world of Irumi, the love story between Vijaya and Krishna, & what it means for characters to bear witness to a changing political landscape. this novel is an ode to family, legacy, and the chain of events in which everything unfolds (feat. a man-eating tiger!!) is why @ala_booklist gave this a ⭐️ STARRED REVIEW ⭐️, hailing it as “a masterpiece.” THE FERTILE EARTH has already been longlisted for the center for fiction’s FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 🏆 and featured on lists from Debutiful (“lush and beautiful from beginning to end”), The Washington Post (“[a] heart-wrenching tale of forbidden love”), and Apple Books (“a shocking and soul-stirring exploration of class, compassion, and political chaos”). i’m absolutely thrilled and honored to have been able to help shepherd this phenomenal book into the world with an awesome team and generous early readers.✨ available wherever books are sold! support your local libraries & indie bookstores! 🐅✨

happy august! permission to take up more space? granted 😈 #ICYMI

🥇🏆 happiest of pub days to the radiant @rufarofaithh & her US debut, LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!! this page-turning debut rom-com about two strangers at the top of their game will leave you with all the feels & is the perfect summer read for your travels 🥰 @library_journal calls this, “[a] perfect Olympic-year read. This debut rom-com sparkles and is sure to delight contemporary-romance fans, particularly those who love reading about athletes, celebrities, and tenacious underdog heroines.” You’re in for a treat this summer!!! Swipe to see where it all began🏃🏿☀️

⭐️ happy pub day to @inci.atrek ’s HOLIDAY COUNTRY, a novel I’ve had the pleasure of reading & editing & raving about in different forms, over the last few years!!! what a journey it’s been to swim through this beautiful, intergenerational narrative about mothers & daughters, desire, identity & what it means to be of two cultures. 🌞🏝️💖 this extraordinary debut takes place along the Aegean, which @kirkus_reviews calls “a book full of pleasures”, @readbookpage raves as “tender, well-written and filled with just the right amount of twists and turns”, which @booklist_ala gives a ⭐️STARRED REVIEW⭐️ saying, “Atrek’s debut is immersive and sensual; readers will feel as if they’re truly on the gorgeous beaches with Ada.” shoutout to all the early readers/writers/advocates who’ve supported this book from the earliest stages. and it’s not too late to join Inci in conversation with stellar writers @greenapplebooks @booksaremagicbk @booksoup ✨ HOLIDAY COUNTRY is out now, everywhere books are sold! what an amazing way to kick off the new year! 🌞🏝️💖 cc: @flatiron_books @wmebooks

2023 year in review: bookish edition! aka i’m tired & these photos are absolutely not inclusive of all the great things that are forthcoming, so see you in 2024 🌷✨